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spreathe

spreathe verb: to make chapped, as with cold.

Verb

spreathe (third-person singular simple present spreathes, present participle spreathing, simple past and past participle spreathed)

  1. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) To make chapped, as with cold.

Noun

spreathe

  1. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) The condition of being chapped, as with cold.
    • Urrell's own face smarted with dirt, exposure and cold-spreathe. He touched his nose and cheek, felt the crust of grime and chapped skin, and wondered how Agaratz showed no signs of the cold they had been through together.2012, John Hart, Mammoth Boy, page 106

Forms of spreathe

third-person singular presentspreathes
present participlespreathing
past participlespreathed
pastspreathed

Questions about spreathe

What does spreathe mean?
Spreathe means to make chapped, as with cold.
What part of speech is spreathe?
Spreathe can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of spreathe?
The past tense of spreathe is spreathed.

Words near spreathe in the dictionary

  1. spreadwings
  2. spready
  3. spreagh
  4. spreaghs
  5. spreath
  6. spreathe
  7. spreathed
  8. spreathes
  9. spreathing
  10. spreaths
  11. Sprechbund

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